Out-Growing our Digs

Ari is officially one month old! My goodness how time flies when you're having fun, and we are having a blast! His baby blessing is tomorrow at one o'clock, during Sacrament meeting. We will be having a little get-together as well tomorrow at our home following church to celebrate. All who wish to attend either/or or both are of course more than welcome to do so!

He is growing so fast, he'll be out of the newborn diapers and into the cloth diapers by the end of the week, I think. I don't know exactly how much he weighs now, but I am planning on weighing him at our breastfeeding support group this Tuesday, so stay tuned! He eats and sleeps a lot, of course, but while he is awake and alert it's play time and he likes to listen to music with us, he likes sitting in the bouncy chair that Nana got for him (as long as I am bouncing him and he has something to look at and the vibrate function is on, otherwise he gets bored!) , and he loves "standing" on my lap while I balance him. He really holds his own weight, he has such strong legs! I know, it seems really early for that, but he holds his head up really well and he fusses if I just put him on my lap... and stops as soon as I lift him up to stand. He likes tummy time, too... for about two minutes, then he's done with tummy time. But I make him do it, at least once a day. He holds his head up, kicks his legs and scoots himself a little, and even tries to push himself up with his arms. Someone tell this kid he's only one month old! He's like a chihuahua that thinks he's a doberman!


Ari's umbilical stump finally fell off, so he has a belly button now, a tiny combo of innie and outie, so we finally got to give him a "real" bath.

Yesterday I asked Erik to pick up a black cartridge #16 for a Lexmark z611 printer on his way home from work. If sometimes the lines of communication between husbands and wives get a little scrambled, this was a Monster Omelet. I know he meant well, and he did say that if they had had the cartridge I asked for, he would have simply purchased it and went on his way. But I know he wanted to impress me and make me proud, not to mention he is a bit of a one-upper, anyway. I probably don't have to tell you where this is going... needless to say, they didn't have a #16 for a Lexmark z611 so he came home with a brand new Cannon PIXMA MP240 All-in-one photo printer/scanner/copy machine. I should have known better than to send him to Best Buy alone! Of course I wasn't mad at all, just a little surprised. It could have been bad... he could have come home with a brand new big screen plasma TV, I guess. Really, though, he did good: our printer was crummy even when it was brand new, and was on its last legs. I don't have to go to Walgreens to print pictures for scrapbooking anymore, and if I need to make a copy, I don't have to go to Kinko's! It's actually quite a nice little gadget, and he got a great deal on it. The built-in obsolescence of technology these days sometimes makes for purchases we didn't count on... I believe the z611 was an impulse as well, after finding out the cartridge for my old printer cost about the same price as a whole brand new printer that comes with a black cartridge and a color cartridge, so go figure!

We signed the lease for our new place yesterday, too (the printing of said lease is what prompted the need for a black cartridge in the first place). Erik has been looking for a great deal on a bigger place for a while now, scouring Craigslist every time he gets a spare moment, and he found it. When we moved into our current place, he was worried it was too small, so I promised that if we at least gave it a try once the baby came, if it indeed turned out to be too small for all three of us, we would move. Well, as you probably already guessed, it's too small, so we're moving. Ari himself doesn't take up much space, but his stuff sure does! The new place has three bedrooms, a washer and dryer, and central heating and air conditioning... it's nice! However, it's on Nord in the middle of college-town and right on the railroad tracks, but it was a trade-off we were willing to make. Ari gets his own room, Erik gets his music room, and I got a washer/dryer and brand new carpets and hardwood floors! We should be totally moved in by the end of the month, so come visit us, if you can... our new address is 522 Nord Ave. #21 Chico CA 95926.

I had a check up at the mommy-doctor on Thursday, and luckily I got to see Cheryl, the midwife that delivered Ari. She says I look great and am in excellent health, and I don't need to come back until April for my yearly exam! Pretty good for giving birth only four weeks ago, but I don't take the credit. I knew all along my body was specifically designed by Heavenly Father for this purpose. The female form was divinely inspired for sure, to be able to bounce back so quickly after an experience so physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting. Which is not to say I'm exactly ready to do it all over again... yet!